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Bracing for the Storm
Bracing for the Storm
hahn23


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Challenge: Trees IV (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO
Date: Oct 12, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2012

 Ponderosa pines in preparation for a snowstorm.

0.6 & 0.3 graduated neutral density filters

I intentionally pushed trees to silhouette to capture the drama of the sky.

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Place: 21 out of 125
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 10/21/2012 11:11:34 PM
Bumping to 10. I love this shot. There's a battle of heaven and earth about to commence. The territory of trees against the armies of the atmosphere. Its the wonderful repetitions of forces of the antagonists that sets the scene.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 10/21/2012 12:09:21 PM
Great composition musta been scarey clouds to look like that in a non edit shot!!!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 10/20/2012 11:56:56 PM
great sky capture, particularly for minimal - wonderful texture. tree's nice too!
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 10/20/2012 09:58:35 PM
Great sky
Love the strong tree (right)
Great composition
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
10/20/2012 09:45:06 AM
great exposure! the clouds are perfect! love this.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/19/2012 05:28:29 PM
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

Great B&W tones in this composition. The sky takes on a moody almost rainy day aspect. The tall tree seems to lean in towards the mountain view beckoning us to come forth to take in the view and seek shelter from the weather.
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